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Stephen King's 'End of Watch' is the final installment in his Bill Hodges trilogy and is a high-speed, thrilling and bumpy ride.

'Prince of Nightmares' is a fast-paced and cinematic horror novel. Rather than relying on shock value, McNee’s horror arises from thrusting interesting characters together in an unsettling setting. These characters face dangers beyond their control, but they are hardly blameless victims. For our nightmares are all in our heads—whom else can we blame for them but ourselves?

With a gorgeous cover by Glen Orbik and 20+ illustrations, 'Joyland - Illustrated Edition' is an attractive volume. But it doesn't offer enough to justify buying if you already own the original edition.

'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams' is a fantastic collection whether you want a good, spooky tale to make you appreciate the fire on a cold night or want to dive into the subconscious swamp of a master horror writer’s mind.

Here are 12 great books to help you stay cool at the beach during the geek days of summer.

'Finders Keepers' shows Stephen King to be on a creative roll, and we lucky fans can only hope he remains at the top of his game.

Christmas is actually just as appropriate a time for the supernatural and the macabre as Halloween is, and there’s a deep tradition going way back of telling supernatural tales during the holidays. Thus, in the haunted holiday spirit we offer our list of ten books to read when the weather outside is frightful but the fire is so delightful.

To the degree that almost all of King's works, to some extent or other, are about redemption and transcending evil, adversity and death, they are all spiritual. But the following books are the ones where we think the spirituality and mysticism come through in the most effective and entertaining ways.

'Revival' is as engaging a late-night tale as all of Stephen King's stories are but also continues to build upon his trend towards higher levels of complexity within the understory. It is a powerful, phantasmagorical meditation on the loss of faith and understanding.

"Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland" is one of the creepiest comics I’ve ever read, and it’s because somehow Joe Hill knows which nerve ending to apply pressure on. In short, it’s a fabulous first couple of issues.

In his latest Twitter oopsie, Stephen King tweeted a massive Game of Thrones spoiler right after the last episode finished airing on the east coast, which of course meant that it hadn't yet aired on the west coast. You can imagine the reaction.

On Feb. 21 author Lynn Shepherd posted an opinion piece on The Huffington Post in which she pleaded for J.K. Rowling to stop writing books for the adult market. But as I witnessed the severe backlash against Shepherd I felt compelled to defend not just her but anyone who has been viciously attacked on social media in ways that are arguably unfair. This is my defense.

Stephen King has started Twitter. All rise.

'Doctor Sleep' is unmistakably a “kickass” story and so much more. Stephen King clearly loves much of humanity with all the passion of Walt Whitman and points to paths of love and forgiveness with a quiet profundity.

We at Pop Mythology, in a desire to helpfully offer some of that ultra-rare commodity known as "perspective," decided to have a roundtable discussion looking back at casting choices that were unpopular or controversial at the time but that turned out quite well.